Continental Gummi-werke Aktiengesellschaft

Hans-Dieter Pfeiffer

Heinrich Huinink

Thorsten Reese

Gunter Johannes

A pneumatic vehicle tire which is provided with a belt and with tread rib sections which are separated from one another by respective circumferential grooves. One or more cord fabric plies are disposed in the vicinity of the circumferential grooves to reinforce the belt. The cord fabric plies essentially extend over the width of the groove, and preferably have a width which is slightly greater than the width of the grooves.

Pneumatic vehicle tire

A tread structure for pneumatic vehicle tires, according to which the tread is provided with a centrally arranged zigzag groove extending in the circumferential direction of the tire. The tread also has elevations or raised sections on both sides of the circumferential groove. The elevations follow one another in the circumferential direction of the tire, and are separated from one another by other grooves, including grooves which start from the zigzag central circumferential groove and extend straight towards both tire shoulders. Of these straight grooves, those which follow one another in the circumferential direction of the tire are slanted in opposite directions with regard to the circumferential or transverse direction of the tire.

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Garbsen, Germany

Hans-Dieter Pfeiffer